Sports round-up

Doping: The IOC is set to crack down even harder on possible doping at the 2012 Olympics by laying down a ban on the possession of syringes outside medical areas. The IOC approved the measure in principle on Friday although the details have not been given.

Cricket: England cricketer Claire Taylor, the first woman to be named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year, retired from international cricket. The 35-year-old made her announcement a day after helping England beat Australia by 34 runs to win the quadrangular one-day series. Taylor played in 15 Tests during her 14-year England career.

Olympics: Kiwi windsurfer Barbara Kendall, the Spanish president of the Inter-national Canoe Federation, Jose Perurena, and Argentinian Olympic Committee president Gerardo Werthein were yesterday elected as members of the IOC. The trio take the provisional number of IOC members to 113.

Cycling: American Chris Horner is out of the Tour de France after fracturing his nose in a crash, his RadioShack team said. Horner, 39, crashed 35km from the finish line of Friday’s 218km stage, which he finished in last place at 12min 41sec behind stage winner Mark Cavendish.

Golf: Russia’s former tennis icon Yevgeny Kafelnikov is targeting competing in golf at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. “There are five more years before the start of the Olympic Games at Brazil,” said the 37-year-old Sydney Olympics tennis champion and former world number 1. “This period is long enough to reach serious playing level.”